Evaluated the effects of both double cropping and reduced tillage in a winter wheat crop rotationsystem, while monitoring soil healthPlanting, crop management, and harvest of year-round experimental plots in Thrall, Beeville,and Lubbock, TexasAdministered periodic soil health measurements—fertility, long-term moisture monitoring,infiltration, bulk density, carbon evolution, and wet aggregate stabilityImplemented standardized Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategiesCrop scouted for insects and disease; determined degree of urgency based on populationthresholds and time of impact

Teaching Assistant for Problem Solving in Plant and Soil SystemsAssist with indoor and field laboratory classes for two lab sectionsDisplayed proper plant and soil data collection and classification skills

Performed sales of precision agriculture equipment and supported integrated solutionservices—soil mapping, NDVI aerial imaging, irrigation scheduling via soil moisture probes, andsoil and plant tissue samplingPresented monthly dealership training for internal personnel and local farmers in the latestprecision agriculture technologies.Supported customer needs for large Ag technology—machine guidance, GPS land-leveling, towernetwork technology, machine telematics, machine GPS & display training and troubleshootingCreative troubleshooting for farm solutions on a customer to customer basis

Project Objective: work towards the development of more cold tolerant cotton varietyPerformed gene cloning, sequencing, DNA isolation, restriction digest, bacterial transformation,autoclaving, and ligation.Gel electrophoresis for analysis, purification and extraction of DNA fragmentsFollowing and writing up protocols

Quantified sequenced DNA from lab grown specimensAdded new species\' lineages to an established Medicago phylogenyGerminated and cared for select Medicago speciesSampled plant tissue for DNA isolation and analysisPerformed polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and then PCR purification